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I woke up from the sunlight that was hitting my eyes. I groan and turn away from it. Although the slightest noise I made made my head hurt. It was like someone has drilling holes into my head every time I did anything.

I pull the navy blue duvet over my face to block any sunlight from coming through. But then I pull the duvet away from my face and I stare at it.

When the fuck did I get a navy blue duvet? Last time I checked, it was white.

I turn my head to the side to see I was in a different room too.

When the fuck did I get a new room? Last time I checked I didn't move out.

I look around the room and my eyes land on my phone that was resting on the side table. I look at the time and I saw it was 2pm.

I really slept in, huh?

I turned my head to the side when I hear the bedroom door open and Archer walking in with only some grey sweat shorts on.

When the fuck did Archer start living with me?

"How is your head? You good?" Archer says sitting on the side of the bed beside me and brushing a strand of hair away from my face.

"Stop talking so loudly" I whisper while I shove my face into the pillow in a way to block out the light.

"Oh sorry" He says quietly rubbing his thumb over my hand that was holding his.

"Heres some Advil" Archer whispers while handing me a pill and a glass of water. He then says that once I've freshened up I should come down for breakfast. He told me where the spare toothbrush is and left me in the room to freshen up.

I've come to the conclusion that this it Archers house and that he probably took me home after the party.

What even happened at the party? I don't remember anything.

I quickly brushed my teeth and washed my face before quickly ruining my hands through my hair to make it look more decent because as of now, it resembled of a birds nest.

I was still wearing the clothes I had on from last night. Except I had a hoodie over my tube top. Archer probably put it on for me.

I walk down the externally long staircase. This house was way bigger than mine.

"Archer?" I quietly say since anything loud would feel like a hammer hammering down my head.

"Over here!" Archer tells from the kitchen.

"Stop being so goddamn loud" I whisper yell holding onto my ponding head.

Did I really drink that much?

"I'm so sorry, I forgot" Archer says gently looking at me like I was about to break while placing a plate of pancakes in front of me.

"Thanks" I nod my head while taking a fork at digging into the fluffy pancakes.

Archer then sits next to me eating his own plate of pancakes. The food was so good.

"This tastes so good" I sat as quietly as possible while pointing and smiling at the pancakes.

"Thank you" Archer smiles and looks at me.

"I have a question. What happened yesterday? I barley remember anything" I quietly say.

I could see Archer tense up and his eyes looked distant.

"Nothing. You just decided to drink a lot. Which I told you you shouldn't have gotten too drunk cause you'll end up getting a bad hangover" Archer says while lightly booping my nose, his earlier expression gone completely, he was now smiling and looking at me with a 'I told you so' look.

"Whatever. At least I had fun last night. Well...I don't really remember what happened but I'm guessing I had fun" I say while shrugging my shoulders, but I immediately wince. Why is my shoulder hurting? I look at my shoulder and I saw a big bluish purple bruise formed on my shoulder. I go to touch the spot but freeze when I saw my wrist. There were marks as if someone had held onto my wrist too tight.

And that's when the memories start to flood back in.

I remember a guy forcing me to kiss him, he was holding onto my wrist. I remember Archer banging on the bathroom door and the guy forcing himself on me. I remember him being punched in the nose but then afterwards I don't remember everything that clearly. I only remember Archer picking me up and taking me out of the bathroom.

I felt Archer wrap his hand around my waist, but I flinched not really expecting it. But I quickly ease into the hug and rest my head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I should have kept you more safe" Archer quietly says into my hair. Rubbing my back.

I didn't even realise when I started to cry, but I did and I felt pathetic. I should have been strong enough to push that guy away. I remember I gave up after some time because I knew how much of a weak person I was.

What if Archer wasn't there? If he wasn't there to punch the guy in the face and knock the door open. I don't know what would have happened.

"Thank you for saving me" I say while I wrap my arms around his back and I hugged him like there was no tomorrow. If he wasn't there to save me I wouldn't know what would have happened.

"Hey, Hey. Look at me. You're okay now. You're perfectly fine and safe" Archer says while he kisses me on the forehead, then both my cheeks and then my lips.

I kissed him back for a few seconds before we both pulled away for some air.

And then it hit me... my dad is going to get so mad with me.

"Archer. You need to drop me home now. My dad's—"

"You don't need to worry, I already texted your dad and told him that you were staying over last night. He said it's fine" Archer says

"Wait. Really? Oh okay, thanks" I nod my head. My head was pounding even more because I started to cry. I think Archer noticed that and got me a glass of water.

I drank the water and I sighed with satisfaction.

Do you ever feel so dehydrated that your mouth feels so dry and then you drink water and you can feel it go down your stomach? That's what it felt like right now.

"I'm sorry you had to sleep in your pants, I wasn't sure if your were going to feel comfortable with someone changing you. I put this hoodie on you though" Archer says pulling gently on the hoodie stringer the front.

Girls, get yourself a gentleman like Archer.

"Thank you. It's fine, no need to worry" I smile and kiss his nose.

That's when I started to look around a bit, and that's when I started to notice how big his house is. It's probably the size of a mansion.

The ceilings were high and you could see the dining room from where we were sitting in the kitchen.

"Do you want to take a shower? Or do you want to at least change your clothes?" Archer asks. Picking up the plates and placing them in the sink.

"I'll take a shower. Mind lending me some of your clothes?" I say innocently.

Archer then narrows his eyes at me playfully. He knows that I'll never give it back.

"Sure" Archer sighs and walks up the stairs, I was following right behind him.

I could hear him mumbling to himself about how he'll end up with no clothes if I kept taking them. I just smiled to myself.

This is the best.

Archer walks back to the room we came from and he walks to the walk in closet. He opens the door and it was huge. The closet was filled with clothes. From shorts, sweatpants. Jeans, Shirts, hoodies. Hoodies. I want all of them.

He walks in and looks at all the hoodies he has that were all hanging on the hanger.

He then turns to me and seeing me eyeing all his hoodies. He narrows his eyes and drags the hangers full of hoodies a bit away from me almost to tell me that they were his.

"You can pick one. Except for this. This one is my favourite" Archer says pointing at a black hoodie that had a red rose on it.

"Awe. I wanted that one" I tease him go to grab the black hoodie.

He swaps my hand away and removes the hoodie from the rod. "Sorry babe. But this one is for me only" Archer smirks.

I laugh and look back and all the hoodies. Then my eyes land on a navy blue one with a thin pale yellow stripe running across the hoodie.

"You can take that one if you want. I didn't like it anyways" Archer shrugs.

I could have taken all his hoodies...

I take the navy blue one and I turn to him. He nods his head then pulls out a pair of sweatpants and hands them to me.

"These were the smallest ones I have" Archer shrugs.

"Thanks" I say and walk out and I walk to the bathroom.

Before I shut the bathroom door, Archer says he'll be waiting for me downstairs.

I took a quick hot shower, it really helped me with my headache. Then I came out of the bathroom wrapped around in a towel. I quickly changed into the clothes Archer gave me, I had to roll up the sweatpants a bit because they were a bit too long and loose. I then squeezed any excess water from my hair with the towel. I put the towel in the laundry basket and walked to the mirror. My lips looked chapped so I took out my chapstick i usually have with me that was in my jeans pocket and I applied some on my lips.

Archer was sitting in the living room on a sofa talking to someone on the phone.

I laid down beside him and placed my head on his thigh. I then started to scroll through my phone while he played with my hair and spoke to the person on the phone.

After about 15 minutes I got bored and looked up at archer. He was still playing with my hair looking done at me. Once he say my face of boredom he leaned down and gave me a quick peck on the lips before he started to talk business to the person on the phone, he licked his lips and raised his eyebrows and looks down at me with a smile. He's probably tasting the chapstick.

While he was doing his thing I did my thing that I'm know best for. I pulled out my cherry chapstick and started reading the ingredients all over again.

By now I've probably had it memorised.

What I like about this chapstick is that it taste good. I've tried other chapsticks before but all of their flavours taste like medicine.

"Okay. Thanks, yeah. Bye" Archer says and hangs up.

He then looks down at me again while I was still caught up with reading all the ingredients.

"You know the taste of that chapstick reminds me of the first time you kissed me at the party" Archer smiles

"It tastes good right?" I say looking up at him.

"It does. Put for me some" Archer says puckering his lips.

I laugh and pull the chapstick you've open and apply some on his lips.

"There" I say while I shut the tube of the chapstick.

"I would have appreciated if you kissed me instead but I guess this could work too" Archer shrugs licking his lips again.

"Stop licking your lips. I'm not going to give you more" I warn him.

"Okay, okay. Sorry" he says.

"So what time are you leaving for Italy on Monday?" I ask him.

"Around 2am" Archer sighs and rests his head on the sofa.

"Can I help you pack?" I excitedly ask him.

I always love to pack. It's so fun.

"Are you sure?" Archer says looking down at me.

"Yeah, I love packing anyways" I say getting up and sitting straight on the sofa.

"Sure" Archer shrugs and we out go upstairs to pack his bag.

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About 3 hours later we had finished packing. It never takes this long to pack but Archer is always picky about everything he wears.

It was currently 6pm and I decided to go home. My dad would have been back by 12pm. Since it's a Saturday.

"Hey Archer, Do you mind dropping me home? My dads probably already home" I say.

"Yeah sure" he says getting up from the bed and walking down the stairs with me following right behind him. I put on my shoes that I wore yesterday and I pick up the clothes that I wore yesterday.

We got into his car and he backed out of his long driveway.

After around 15 minutes we reached my house. I got out of Archers car and kissed him on the lips.

"By the way, I'm coming to drop you on Monday" I say.

" What why? You'll get tired in school" Archer says.

"I don't care, I won't be seeing you for the next 2 weeks" i say before thanking him for taking me home and waving him bye.

I closed the door shut and I was engulfed in a hug by my dad.

"You good, Archer said he took you home after the party" my dad smiles.

He probably doesn't know what happened, and I'm going to keep it that way.

"I'm fine. It was fun" I nod my head.

"Alright, I've made food. If you want to eat you can come eat now" my dad says.

"Okay sure"I nod following him to the dining table.

Dad had mad lasagna, we were both eating when dad started taking.

"So. Archer took care of you last night? Did he make sure your were safe?" My dad asks.

"Yeah. He took looks of care of me, trust me. And yeah, he also made sure I was safe" I nod my head.

We continued with small talk and we finished our dinner. Dad had gone up to his room at around 9. I decided to go to mine as well.

I closed the door shut and sat on my bed. I opened my phone and saw texts from Brie and Cam asking if I was okay.

I quickly texted them back telling them I was perfectly fine.

I shut my phone and went to the bathroom to get ready for bed. I shut the lights and started at my ceiling for a while.

My phone dinged again and I looked at it. It was Archer.

Archer: goodnight princess. Don't dream about me too much

I looked at the text with a small smile and I texted him back.

Me: Goodnight Archer, I could say the same

Archer: No promises ;)

I shut my phone and before I knew out I was out like a light.

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A/N: another chapter for y'all cause I get bored easily :))
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